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Ethical Use of AI: Addressing Comments

How AI should be used responsibly in the classroom

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Sophie Theodorou
September 04, 2023

Ethical Use of AI: Addressing Comments

Hi teachers! I hope everyone’s back to school phase has been going well. To be honest, it’s my least favourite time of year, because I am a sucker for routine and the chaos of it makes me anxious.. But all the reason to get those routines established sooner! I do love meeting and learning about my new students, of course. 😀 

So, there’s an elephant in the room. I need to address some ~interesting~ comments on my latest TikTok:

This one made me chuckle.

When did I say that? 🤣 

Oh, and then this one. The username says it all.

Clearly, I think we all know the people commenting this aren’t teachers. Why wouldn’t a teacher use a tool that enhances student learning while cutting down on prep time for teachers so we have more face-to-face instructional time with students? Win-win for the student on both aspects. What people don’t understand is that AI is a tool, it’s there to help accommodate a multitude of needs, but should always be used to aid the student’s learning. I think Alison Blair’s comment on my video sums up ethical perfectly. I summarized it below.

“I just took a course that focused extensively on the use and ethics surrounding AI in school settings. What it boiled down to is that AI isn’t necessarily a bad thing. For some assignments, rewriting the text to meet student’s needs is a great use of AI, but it’s not perfect. Everything we send to our learning community (AI generated or not) should be vetted by a human. We should also be teaching kids responsible AI usage. Use it for brainstorming or a jumping off point. AI isn’t going away and we are not doing students any favours by banning its use entirely. It’s a tool to get to the end product.” -Alison Blair on TikTok.

Let that sink in: it’s a tool to get to the end product. I think it goes without saying to use our professional discretion on any AI tool and always vet it before using it in our classrooms, but trolls on the internet, well, will be trolls. Use the 80/20 rule, you can use AI for 80% of creating a certain task if it fits the assignment but make sure 20% is done by you.

Also, wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all the wonderful teachers who posted comments defending ethical AI use in education and shutting down any silly comments. You are the best!

Anywho, as promised, here are my top 3 AI tools of the week for differentiation:

  • Brisk Teaching chrome extension for text re-levelling. (Free)

  • Diffit (the name says it all) for text generation and re-levelling. (Free)

  • Audioread for converting any text to an audio file for auditory learners. (Free month trial with link)

Any other tools you love for differentiation? Comment on my “AI tools for teachers database” video your fave differentiation tools I missed or comment a 👾 so I know you read until the end of this newsletter.

Yours truly,

~Sophie, Teach2AI

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Talk soon,

Sophie